The different channels of dust production and growth also affect the grain size distributions, which in turn affect the dust extinction curves in galaxies (e.g., [1]}, [2]}). This could explain the location of high-redshift galaxies in the IRX-\(\beta \)  diagram. [3]} post-processed a hydrodynamical galaxy simulation with a detailed chemical and dust evolution model and find that lower stellar mass galaxies at high redshift, which are less chemically evolved, follow a steep SMC-like attenuation curve because their dust is mostly contributed by stellar sources, with less efficient ISM growth than in more metal-rich massive galaxies (see also, [4]}).
